VENUS
The creator of Europe made it small, and moreover, divided it into small parts so that our heart isn’t pleased with largeness, but diversity. America corrupts us with her taste for largeness. Europe will lose herself as soon as she adopts this fanaticism of size. Her measurement is not quantity, but perfection. It is a beautiful Venus, and not the Statue of Liberty.
“On Americanism”, Letter to the NY Times, Karel Čapek, 1926
Venus amulet, 2009 (series of 12)
cast glass, metal. hanging installations. 5" x 1"
above: Venus Figures (1996). wire and plastic tape, light. Various sizes, approx. 36" x 12". Originally installed at the American Center, Prague. Curator: Marilyn Wyatt. below: Venus Room (2003). wire, plastic tape, monofilament, video projection. Plzen City Gallery, Czech Republic. Curated by Vera Knetlová and Vacláv Malína.
Idetails of installation
"O Belgrade!" at U.S. Ambassador's Residence, Belgrade, Serbia. 2009
and (below) "Body Burden" at O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Texas. 2011. curator: Mark Cervenka.
